“Bill Nye the Science Guy” and Ken Ham of the Creation Museum faced off this past week to debate creationism vs. evolution. I am so tired of this debate. It is not new. It was going on when I was a kid and when my parents were kids and when their parents were kids, and probably when Noah was a kid. Enough already! This love/hate relationship that many Christians have with science baffles me.

Each year, the Kentucky Press Association (KPA) hosts a statewide contest, Excellence in Newspapers, that honors reporters, editors, photographers and graphic designers in several categories. Newspapers are grouped by size into different divisions, then each entry is judged by out-of-state professionals who name the winners.

In our division, the Henry County Local won third place overall in General Excellence, thanks to the individual awards earned by the editorial staff.

Who said, “Labor is prior to and independent of capital…capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration,” ?

Karl Marx, you say? Nope. Lenin? Wrong again. Try our birthday boy, Abraham Lincoln, in his first state of the union address.

The Henry County Wildcats visited Spencer County Friday night and found themselves in a familiar position. After one quarter of play the Wildcats trailed the Bears 17-9.

Just two nights earlier the Cats trailed by seven points to Bullitt Central before falling behind by as much as 21 points in the game. In that game the Cats made a furious rally to pull within three points, but it was too little too late and the Cats lost by seven.

It has been a long time coming but the Eminence Warriors girls’ basketball team finally got a home-court victory on Thursday night against the St. Francis Wyverns by a score of 31-27. The young Warriors only previous win was against Brown in the Beth Haven Holiday Classic.

“They definitely needed a win to get them going,” Coach Zach Adair said. “Especially, the middle school girls who didn’t have a win. It was good for them to get a win on their home court.”

The Henry County Lady Cats hosted the Gallatin County Lady Wildcats on Friday night just eight days after losing in Warsaw by 22 points. In that game the Lady Cats managed to stay close for a while before succumbing to Gallatin County’s pressure defense and deadly shooting. This time the Lady Cats showed improvement by hanging tough into the third period before a spate of turnovers allowed Gallatin to pull away for a tough, but comfortable, 56-41 win.

Two local high school football players signed letters of intent last week to play college football.

Corey Roberts of Eminence High School and Billy Collier of Henry County High School signed their letters at ceremonies held at their respective schools.

Roberts, who played offensive line, linebacker and defensive end in his four-year career at Eminence, signed with Campbellsville University in the school library on Thursday evening while family, friends, coaches and administrators looked on.